tag:infodancer.org,2017-12-08:/weblog/atom/TriggerFingerInfodancer Atom Toolkit2018-06-03T21:23:15ZAsset forfeiture strikes againhttps://triggerfinger.org/weblog/entry/6753502018-06-03T21:23:15Z2018-06-04T09:01:37ZTriggerFingermatthew@triggerfinger.orghttp://triggerfinger.org/weblog/
<fieldset><legend><a href="https://reason.com/blog/2018/05/31/american-brazenly-robbed-of-58100-life-s">Reason</a></legend>Rustem Kazazi, an American citizen, was just trying to get on a plane to return to his native Albania last October, from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. He was initially flying to Newark where he'd catch a connection to Albania.<br/><br/>Kazazi Family, via Institute for JusticeKazazi Family, via Institute for Justice<br/><br/>He hoped while in Albania for a few months to do some repair work on a home he still owned there, and possibly to look for another home for his family in his old age. Given facts about the Albanian banking and finance system and the advantages of cash there, he chose to turn his life savings into U.S. dollars and bring them with him to cover expenses related to the above house needs and his long stay rather than deal with bank transfers or anything of the sort.<br/><br/>At an American airport, he was the victim of desperadoes who took everything he had.</fieldset><br/>The police are supposed to protect us from bandits, not be the bandits.